Thornliebank F.C.

Thornliebank Football Club was a football club that existed between 1875 and 1907, based in Thornliebank, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Thornliebank
Full nameThornliebank Football Club
Founded1875
Dissolved1907
GroundHeatherty Hill, Deacon's Bank Park, Summerlee Park

The club played at three grounds : Heatherty Hill, Deacon's Bank Park and Summerlee Park. Their original colours were white shirts with navy shorts, and from 1884 until their demise they wore black and white hoops.[1]

Thornliebank reached the 1879–80 Scottish Cup final, but lost 3–0 to Queen's Park at Cathkin Park. The Thornliebank 1880 Scottish Cup finalists were J. Cadden, J. Jamieson, W. Marshall, A. Henderson, W. McFetridge, A. Clark, A. Brannan, W. Anderson, D. Wham, T. Brannan and A. S. Hutton.[2] In the same season, Thornliebank won the Renfrewshire Cup.

They replaced Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Football Combination during the 1897–98 season and stayed in the league until 1901. Thornliebank returned in 1902 and they were expelled again during the 1905–06 season.[3]

Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
Jim Bonar - source ENFA

2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

References
  1. "All-time Scottish Football Club Directory 1829–2009". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. "SFA Cup (1873–1900) – 1879/80 season". IFFHS. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. "Scottish Football Combination". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 25 February 2012.


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